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<hw>Com*pet"i*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Acting in competition; competing; rival.</def>

<h1>Competitress</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*pet"i*tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who competes.</def>

<h1>Competitrix</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*pet"i*trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A competitress.</def>

<h1>Compilation</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com"pi*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compilatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>compilation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.</def>

<blockquote>His [Goldsmith's] <b>compilations</b> are widely distinguished from the <b>compilations</b> of ordinary bookmakers. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compilator</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com"pi*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Compiler.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Compile</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*pile"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Compiled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Compiling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>compiler</ets>, fr.L. <ets>compilare</ets> to plunder, pillage; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>pilare</ets> to plunder. See <er>Pill</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <ets>Pillage</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put together; to construct; to build.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to <b>compile</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To contain or comprise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Which these six books <b>compile</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents.</def>

<blockquote>He [Goldsmith] <b>compiled</b> for the use of schools a History of Rome. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To write; to compose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

<h1>Compilement</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*pile"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Compilation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Compiler</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*pil"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>compiluor</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>compileor</ets>, fr. L. <ets>compilator</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.</def>

<h1>Compinge</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*pinge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compingere</ets>.]</ety> <def>To compress; to shut up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Complacence, Complacency</h1> <Xpage=290>